Pääsküla library
Open today
10–17Opening hours
Services
- You can borrow a ROMOSS sailing 3 battery bank for on-site use to recharge the batteries of your mobile phone and other digital devices.
- There are five computer workstations in our reading room, all of which have an ID-card reader, and one computer has a scanner. The sixth computer workstation is on the first floor of the library, and intended for young people. You can book computer use time in advance by phone or email and in person at the library. WiFi is available in all of our libraries.
As a reader of Tallinn Libraries you can:
- borrow from a self-service machine, return books in some libraries, and check your loans, overdue charges and extend the deadline for returning the item(s) if you wish. You can print out a loan slip or send it to an e-mail. It is not possible to borrow items from another service unit or reading room, to borrow items on hold for another patron, or to borrow items or the latest issues of journals from branch libraries. If you have any questions, please ask the librarian.
- with the smart return shelf, you can quickly return items by placing them on the shelf and pressing “Return” on the screen.
- pre-order books (or others) with ESTER status in the e-catalogue in advance via the website order form, e-mail or telephone. Loaning lockers are located at the libraries of Südalinna, Liivalaia, Kännukuke, Laagna, Nõmme, Paepealse, Pelguranna, Pirita, Pääsküla, Väike-Õismäe. After you have placed your order, the library will contact you.
We offer free individual and group training in Tallinn Libraries. We will agree on the time and place of the training together. The topics can be adapted and combined. We’ll find the right option for you.
Training topics, venues and more information can be found here.→
Copies and printing
- We can print in black and white and color in A4 and A3 formats, see the price list here →
Scanning
- Scanning by a librarian and sending to email 0,20 € per page.
At Pääsküla library, you can play board games on site or borrow them to take home.
We invite kindergarten groups, classes and teachers to visit us for library hours.
- Library hour is an educational and participatory non-formal educational program in the library.
- It lasts about 45 minutes.
- Educational programmes are free of charge for Tallinn educational institutions! (except Culture Ticket classes). For institutions outside Tallinn, the library’s price list applies (except via Culture Backpack). ↓
Tallinn Libraries sell fiction (including children’s literature and poetry) and non-fiction books that are out of date, in large print or in new editions. Book prices start from € 0,15. The books on sale can be consulted at the library. The proceeds of the sale will be used to buy new books.
Libraries occasionally organise book fairs, keep an eye on our news, events calendar or join our newsletter. We also share information on our social media channels on Facebook and Instagram.
Almost all of us have books at home that we’ve read once but don’t want to read again. I’m sure there’s someone somewhere who needs that book for themselves. You can bring the book(s) you no longer need from home to our library and pick up a new one from the library’s book exchange shelf.
We offer a free group room for readers, which can accommodate up to 6 people. The room has WiFi and a 75-inch Neo QLED Samsung TV for displaying computer images.
For visitors with special needs
- For wheelchair users, there is a lift on the stairs that takes you to the second floor. We will assist you with the use of the lift.
- There is an accessible toilet on the first floor.
- The service counter has a hearing aid’s hearing loop, which you can use with your hearing aid in hearing loop mode.
- You can borrow a magnifying glass from the service counter.
→see the library in the city’s accessibility information system LIPS
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Home delivery service
If you are a resident of Tallinn and are temporarily or permanently disabled and unable to visit the library, you can use the free home delivery service.
Public transport and parking
Public Transportation
- You can reach the library by taking buses 20, 27 (Pääsküla jaam), 10, 20, 20A (Pääsküla stop), and 14, 18, 18A (Raba stop)
- You can also get to the library by train—get off at the Pääsküla stop
- You can view public transportation schedules at transport.tallinn.ee
Parking
- For those arriving by car, there are a few free parking spaces in front of the library; short-term parking for up to two hours is permitted
- Free parking is allowed for 45 minutes with a parking disc in the parking lot of the Pääsküla Realiseerimiskeskus, located across the street from the library.